Complex Trial Team

Complex Trial Team

We resolve many cases before trial, but without a doubt, certain cases will go before a jury. As a trial powerhouse, Tyson & Mendes’ Complex Trial Team represents clients in their highest-risk and most complex courtroom disputes. The team is often “parachuted in” shortly before trial to successfully triage tense, high-stakes litigation. For this reason, we stand out for our superb ability to handle the most complicated, hotly contested trials in the country. Mina Miserlis is the Chair of Complex Trials.

The Complex Trial Team has tried to jury verdict a wide variety of lawsuits, ranging from employment, professional liability, business and accounting fraud, significant real estate disputes, class actions, catastrophic injury, traumatic brain injury, complex regional pain syndrome, and wrongful death. The team also has a successful track record of jury trial experience in large loss cases.

Each member of the Complex Trial Team has received extensive training in the Tyson & Mendes methods for stopping Nuclear Verdicts®, and in turn, they now instruct others. Several members of the team are TM HALO® trial attorneys, parachuting in to work with our clients on their highest risk cases with the greatest potential for Nuclear Verdicts® and deliver justice.

The Complex Trial Team has tried lawsuits against some of the most well-known plaintiff’s attorneys in the country, including Nick Rowley, Gary Dordick, R. Rex Paris, Michael Alder, Rodger Dryer, Casey Geary, Taylor & Ring, and others. The Tyson & Mendes Complex Trial Team tries big cases against big name attorneys – and wins.

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Insurers Must Adapt to Stop Nuclear Verdicts® Before They Begin

Author: Robert Tyson | October 15, 2024 10:59am

Nuclear Verdicts® are on the rise nationwide. These historically high settlements and verdicts are no longer limited to certain urban courthouses, known as "judicial hellholes," but rather are happening everywhere. New jury verdict records are being set almost daily.

Third Annual Nuclear Verdicts Defense Institute Announced for July 18-21 in San Diego: Leading Defense Firm Tyson & Mendes Offers Competitors Intensive Trial Academy Focused on Driving Down Damages

January 8, 2024 8:58am

SAN DIEGO (Jan 5, 2024) – Aiming to end the surge of skyrocketing jury verdicts across the country, nationwide civil litigation and insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP announced its third annual Nuclear Verdicts Defense Institute will take place July 18-21, 2024...

Tyson & Mendes Saved the Insurance Industry More Than $679 Million in 2023: Nationwide Insurance and Civil Litigation Defense Firm Saves Clients Nearly $3 Billion in Four Years

January 5, 2024 2:32pm

SAN DIEGO (January 5, 2024) – Tyson & Mendes LLP, one of the nation’s fastest-growing insurance and civil litigation defense firms, saved its insurance industry and self-insured clients $679.9 million in aggregate damages claims in 2023, bringing the firm’s savings results...

Nuclear Verdicts®: Year-End Trends and Looking Forward

December 20, 2023 1:13pm

in 2023, we saw Nuclear Verdicts® delivered every single day in courtrooms across the country. They are trending up, both in frequency and severity. A Nuclear Verdict® is typically defined as a jury award of $100 million or more...

Podcast Feature – Unraveling Social Inflation and the Hidden Forces Behind Nuclear Verdicts with Chris Schon, Partner at Tyson & Mendes

November 6, 2023 3:42pm

In this episode of the Private Client Risk and Resilience podcast, host Kurt Thoennessen discusses social inflation, nuclear verdicts, and their impact on the private client space. He is joined by special guest Chris Schon, a partner at the law firm Tyson and Mendes in San Diego...

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When Roads Diverge in the Wood: the Power of Risk in Building a Fulfilling Career and Stopping Nuclear Verdicts®

Author: Ashley Paige Fetyko, Grace Shuman | November 20, 2024 9:35am

The concept of risk is familiar to both attorneys and the insurance industry. As insurance defense counsel, we occupy a unique space in that Venn diagram: one that is, by nature, risk averse. We do all we can to proactively address and minimize risk: risk of loss, risk of injury, risk of damage...

Two Strategies Defense Attorneys Should Implement Today to Avoid Nuclear Verdicts® in Trucking Cases

Author: Edward R. Leonard | October 1, 2024 2:57pm

Plaintiffs’ lawyers are driving skyrocketing damages awards in courts all across the country. Such Nuclear Verdicts® – jury awards in excess of $10 million or that are disproportionate, and irrational given the facts of a case – trigger higher costs for the insurance industry and result in premium increases that are out of step with other cost-of-living indicators. They can have devastating consequences for corporations and insurance companies.

Effective Closing Argument Strategies and Themes for Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts

Author: Sana Abbasi | July 19, 2024 4:56pm

Defense counsel’s closing argument matters.  As your “final word,” it requires serious thought and strategy.  There are four principles followed at Tyson & Mendes, LLP, which, if employed properly can effectively avoid unjustifiable and exorbitant verdicts, also known as Nuclear Verdicts®...

Don’t Go Nuclear! Six “Secrets” to Stopping Nuclear Verdicts®

Author: Debra Avenmarg | June 17, 2024 4:57pm

We have all heard news of juries awarding incomprehensible piles of money in lawsuits where the injuries and the verdict just don’t seem to add up. These cases may leave you scratching your head trying to figure out just how that happened. These cases prompt jokes and attempts...

Slay the Serpent: How To Combat the Reptile Theory in Deposition!

Author: Nancy Leon | May 6, 2024 12:48pm

The Reptile Theory is a well-known strategic approach primarily used by plaintiffs’ counsel in civil cases. This theory is usually used in auto v. auto, trucking v. auto, construction, premises liability, and mass tort cases, and it focuses on the defendant’s behavior. This tactic encourages jurors...

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